Infinitesimal Warfare
Anon
Genre: | News-Commentary, Drollery |
Subjects: | Homeopathy, War, Military Technology, Government |
Criticises government ministers for thinking that Sebastopol can be 'reduced by homeopathic doses'. Attacks George H Gordon (4th Earl of Aberdeen) for attempting to fight the Crimean war using infinitesimal amounts of gunpowder rather than by using 'the regular old practice'. | |
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